Environment

Not yet commissioned, Kolar solar power plant up and running

14 Jun 2010

The power being generated is being supplied to farmers to pump groundwater for crops in the surrounding arid and backward villages, which have no irrigation

MPs thwart govt attempt to dilute N-liability bill

11 Jun 2010

With New Delhi’s chicanery in the Bhopal gas disaster still making daily news, now comes the shocking revelation that it is attempting to dilute the liability factor for global firms in the civil nuclear liability bill as well.

Bhopal fallout envelopes Congress: GoM reconstituted

09 Jun 2010

Faced with universal condemnation on the outcome of the Bhopal gas tragedy the UPA government has scrambled to control damage by reconstituting a Group of Ministers which will go into all issues pertaining to it.

Bhopal tragedy: World media pillories Indian govt and judiciary

09 Jun 2010

Bhopal verdict could impact nuclear liability bill: Moily

08 Jun 2010

Bhopal verdict: Jittery US looks ahead to nuke liability bill

08 Jun 2010

An anxious United States of America has said it hopes the Bhopal gas tragedy case would not affect its growing ties with India or impact the pending nuclear liability bill.

Climate change leading to major vegetation shifts around the world

08 Jun 2010

Vegetation around the world is on the move, and climate change is the culprit, according to a new analysis of global vegetation shifts led by a University of California, Berkeley, ecologist in collaboration with researchers from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service. By Sarah Yang, media relations, University of California at Berkeley

Bhopal gas disaster: 26 years later, eight convicted

07 Jun 2010

Twenty six years after a gas leakage left an estimated 15,000, and more, people dead, all the eight accused, including former Union Carbide chairman, Keshub Mahindra, have been convicted.

BP manages to partially contain oil spill but not criticism

05 Jun 2010

Renault's Tangiers plant achieves zero-carbon zero-effluent discharge

05 Jun 2010

Carrier Aircon developing safe CFC substitutes

04 Jun 2010

RWE, Siemens, Stadtwerke to build Eruope’s largest offshore windfarm in Wales

04 Jun 2010

Climate change has mixed impact on crops: ICAR study

02 Jun 2010

Sanad reborn as first Nano rolls off the blocks

02 Jun 2010

As production of Tata Motors’ dream car Nano begins at Sanad, this little township has been transformed into a realtor’s dream and an environmentalist’s nightmare. By Jagdeep Worah

China to subsidise purchase of greener vehicles

01 Jun 2010

Sanyo lithium-ion battery runs Mira EV into Guinness World Record

31 May 2010

BP prepares alternate plan as ‘top kill’ procedure unlikely to stop oil flow

29 May 2010

Daimler forms joint venture with China’s BYD for electric cars

29 May 2010

Sustainability awards: PepsiCo lauded as Coke gets brickbats

By Jagdeep Worah | 28 May 2010

Even as soft drinks giant Coca Cola finds itself pilloried over allegedly reckless groundwater extraction, its principal rival PepsiCo has won a CSR award for its water management practices. A number of winning entries were operations in India. By Jagdeep Worah